Varaha Purana 119.6: Adhyaya 119, Shloka 6

Ritual Regulations on Permissible Foods for Offering and Consumption

Devanagari script

एते चान्ये च बहवः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥ कर्मण्याश्च त एतेषां ये मया परिकीर्तिताः ॥

Sanskrit recitationVaraha Purana 119.6

Transliteration

ete cānye ca bahavaḥ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ || karmaṇyāś ca ta eteṣāṁ ye mayā parikīrtitāḥ

Translation

‘สิ่งเหล่านี้และอีกมากมาย—นับเป็นร้อยและถึงเป็นพัน—ล้วนเหมาะแก่การประกอบกรรมพิธี; ในหมู่เหล่านั้นมีสิ่งที่เราได้กล่าวแจกแจงไว้แล้ว’

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Word by Word

• ete: these
• ete: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चय अव्यय)

• anye: others
• anye: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चय अव्यय)

• bahavaḥ: many
• bahavaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); used substantively

• śataśaḥ: by hundreds
• śataśaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śataśas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण), distributive ‘by hundreds’

• atha: then/and also
• atha: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (अव्यय), sequence marker

• sahasraśaḥ: by thousands
• sahasraśaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasraśas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण), distributive ‘by thousands’

• karmaṇyāḥ: suitable for rites/acts
• karmaṇyāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: karmaṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); ‘fit for ritual/action’ (agreeing with implied feminine plural like vrīhayaḥ/śālyāḥ etc.)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चय अव्यय)

• te: those
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• eteṣām: of these
• eteṣām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• ye: which/who
• ye: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Relative pronoun (यद्), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (कर्ता) in passive (कर्तृकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (अस्मद्), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• parikīrtitāḥ: (have been) described/mentioned
• parikīrtitāḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया; कर्मणि प्रयोग)
• Type: Verb
• Root: parikīrtita (परिकीर्तित प्रातिपदिक; pari+√kīrt धातु + क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); passive sense ‘have been mentioned’

Speaker

Varāha (contextual continuation)

Tags

• Classical Literature
• Vaiṣṇavism
• Ritual Lists
• Sanskrit Catalog Style

FAQs

What is the historical significance of this verse?

It indicates that the text participates in a broader catalog tradition, where representative items are listed while acknowledging a much larger, possibly regionally variable corpus of materials.

Which geographic location is identified?

No geographic location is provided.

What is the primary ethical instruction?

To understand that ritual suitability depends on classification and appropriateness (karmaṇya), not merely abundance.